LeMars Sentinel
Friday, Jan. 2, 1931

GRANT: (Special Correspondence)

Albert and Herman Heeren shelled corn for Fred Ahrendt on Monday.

Leonard Hauschild and Wallace Heeren are afflicted with chicken pox at
present.

Darlene Frerichs, of Brunsville, was a visitor at the Albert Doering home a
few days this week.

The Luther League of Christ Lutheran Church will meet at the Carl Ahrendt
home Sunday, January 4.

Alfred and Leonard Wilken, of Chatsworth, are visiting at the Herman Heeren
home a few days this week.

Elizabeth Lammers, of LeMars, is visiting at the Gerd Von Hagel and Herman
Heeren homes a few days this week.

Mrs. John Wilken, of Chatsworth, is staying with her mother, Mrs. John Van
Hagel, in LeMars, a few days this week.

The Luther League of the Christ Lutheran Church is practicing for a play
named, "The Peacemaker," which they will give on January 8.

Claus Meyer and Eugene Reimer, who have been visiting relatives and friends
in this vicinity, returned to their home in Scranton, N.D., Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Gerd Von Hagel and family, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Heeren and
family, Elizabeth and Emma Lammers, were dinner guests at the John Wilken
home at Chatsworth on Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Gerd Von Hagel and family, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Janssen and
family, Rev. J.D. Meyer and daughters, Doretta and Anna, and sons, Claus and
Herman, Eugene Reimer, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wessels and family and Emma
Lammers were visitors at the Ernest Meyer home near Ireton Saturday.

ELGIN: (Special Correspondence)

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wilde entertained a number of relatives at dinner
Christmas Day.

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Albert and family spent Christmas Day at the C.F.
Nanninga home near Ireton.

Mrs. Mary Alfred, Mrs. Laura Buehler and sons, of LeMars, were dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tschample Christmas Day.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Reints presided at a family dinner Christmas Day for Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Weber and family, of Fredonia township, Mrs. Pauline Detloff,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reints and family and Miss Eileen Lewis.

SENEY: (Special Correspondence)

Rev. Bergman attended a district meeting at Moville on Monday.

George Siegersma hauled two loads of hogs for John Deegan Sunday.

Ira Moore arrived for a visit in the home of C.E. Moore and Mrs. Hinde
homes.

Mrs. Roy McArthur is spending this week with relatives at Gayville, S.D.

Mr. and Mrs. Dan McArthur, of Sheldon, were callers here on Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Conner are visiting relatives at Moville since
Wednesday.

Bob Salsbury, of Sioux City, called here on Tuesday on his way home to
Orange City.

The Ladies Aid will serve dinner in the hall on Wednesday, January 7.
Everybody come.

Mrs. F.A. Becker gave a shower in her home in honor of Miss Virla Cook who
is to be married soon.

Marjorie Riter arrived home after spending the Christmas week with relatives
at Rock Rapids.

Mrs.Conner had electric lights in stalled recently. F. A. Becker and Glen
Nixon did the wiring.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Woodhouse, of Thomas, S.D., are spending the holidays in
the Frank Becker home.

Miss Margaret Moore, of Sioux City, spent Christmas Day in the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Moore.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Penning and son, Vernon, and Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Kennedy
were callers in Sioux City Saturday.

Dwight Riter left last Wednesday for a short visit with his sister, Miss
Pauline, who is taking nurse training in Chicago.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Connor and family, of Milbank, S.D., are spending a few
days at Moville with Henry and Nate Conner.

George and Miss Clara Bergman are visiting in the home of their parents,
Rev. and Mrs. Bergman, during the holiday vacation.

Mr. and Mrs. Milt Haviland, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Haviland of Jefferson,
S.D., visited in the home of Mrs. S. Haviland Friday.

Miss Pearl Reeves, who is teaching at Sheffield, is spending her vacation at
the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Reeves.

Mr. and Mrs. R.A. McArthur and children and Mr. and Mrs. Irving McArthur
spent Christmas in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Darville at Gayville, S.D.

Mrs. E. Penning and Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Penning entertained the following
guests on Christmas Day: Mr. and Mrs. Albert Penning and son, Vernon, Mr.
and Mrs. E. M. Kennedy, Marshall Rees and Miss Dorothy Keizer.

On Christmas Eve the Sunday school had their program. It was very well
attended and enjoyed by all present. At the close of the program the candy
sacks were passed, which also pleased those who were present.

On New Year's Eve the men gave a supper in honor of the ladies. They served,
waited tables, washed dishes and other things connected with such an affair.
Following there was a social hour in which everyone met his neighbor. A
short pageant was given by the young people and some short talks by the
pastor.

LeMars Globe-Post
Monday, January 5, 1931

THOUGHT JAMES BOYS OFFICERS
Siefke Bohlken Had Many Thrilling Experiences Pioneering

Siefke Bohlken, of 115 4th Ave. S.W., passed away at his home on New Year’s
Day at the age of 84 years, 11 months and 18 days, after a sickness of a few
weeks.

Siefke Bohlken was born Jan. 14, 1846, at Rupssholt, Germany, a son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Bohlken. He came to America in 1868 and worked at Jones
county, Iowa, and came to Plymouth county in 1869. He worked for Schneider
and Hells at Melbourne, now Hinton, Iowa. After that he homesteaded 160
acres in section 22, Preston township, of which he sold one-half to Fred
Jacobs. He went back to Jones county and married to Margaret Wilms (sic) in
the spring of 1871. They came back to Plymouth and went to farming on the
homestead. The same year he bought 40 acres of railroad land. He at once
built a small sod house and began the tasks of breaking the ground and in
short time had the greater part of his land ready for cultivating.

He engaged in general farming and stock raising and also bought and sold
much land, as well as much other property. For many years he has been
recognized as one of the substantial and influential men of the township.
He took much interest in civic life of the community and many of the
important affairs of the township.

The great blizzard of the early days left impression upon the minds of the
pioneers that time could never efface and were of such fierceness and
duration as to seem sure to discourage the settlement of even the bravest of
the brave pioneer families. The homesteaders had their first taste of the
genuine article in the way of a blizzard on March 14, 1870, and stayed with
them in all its blinding, handing fury for three days and three nights only
slightly less severe was the winter of 1873, climaxing a bright sunshiny
morning, with more than ten foot of snow over mother earth and in less time
than it takes to write it the wind whipped into the northwest and blew at
the rate of 60 to 80 miles an hour, the heavens overcast, the snow falling
thick and fast while that all ready on the ground is lifted and mingled with
it. The snow was so thick in the air that you could not see the length of
your arm from you. If you were out in the storm, you got to shelter if you
could, and if you were in you would stay.

The houses were made of sods and dirt and the roofs were made of grass,
covered with dirt and for windows they had holes cut in the walls in this
structure. All in one room the family lived and did their cooking and
sleeping and entertaining.

During those early days the cold and storms were not the only draw back.
The grasshopper and the prairie fires were more dread than the blizzard and
called for utmost exertion of everyone to save life and property. Teams of
every description would be rushed into harness and hitched to plows to make
fire lands. Others with grain sacks or bedding or anything they had to whip
out the rolling waves of fire.

Some gave their own life in the struggle. Many people were overtaken by
these fires while traveling. Sometimes they had to run their horses for
miles until a patch of plowing or breaking could be reached. People
sometimes saved themselves by backfiring and getting onto the bunt before
the fire got a start. People soon learned to carry matches with them for
this special purpose. While the prairie fires were so much dreaded, they
were beautiful to behold, especially at a distance and provided a scene
never to be forgotten by anyone who viewed it from place of safety.

At the time when the James Bros. were roaming the country as bad men, Mr.
Bohlken gave dinner to them, thinking it was the officers who were trying to
capture them.

Mr. Bohlken was confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Rupsholt at the age of
13. He was one of 13 who helped to build the first Lutheran church in Grant
township, Plymouth county. He was the last surviving member of that
congregation.

Mr. and Mrs. Bohlken joined the Methodist church at Rosback, in Plymouth
county, Iowa, in the year 1882. Later was member of the St. Paul Methodist
church of LeMars and for the last 27 years, which he has been a faithful
member to the end.

His wife died in 1902. In 1903 he moved to LeMars on a farm west of town.
In 1908 he retired and moved to town until his death.

Thirteen children were born to them. Five children and his wife preceded him
in death. Eight children are living, who are: Mrs. Sophia Alhrichs and Mrs.
I. A. Solberg, of LeMars; John, of Ireton; George, of Estelline, S.D.;
Albert, of Lisbon, N.D.; Mrs. Mert Gabel, Will and Dick, of Akron, Iowa.
One brother and sister still live in Germany. Mr. Bohlken is also survived
by 26 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.

PRETTY WEDDING IS HELD NEW YEAR’S
Miss Mildred Jones and Richard Tindall United at First Baptist Church,
LeMars

In the soft glow of candle light, before an altar made beautiful with
baskets of calendulas and evergreen, Miss Mildred Jones became the bride of
Richard Tindall in a single ring ceremony performed in the First Baptist
Church, Thursday evening, January 1, 1931, at 8 o’clock with Rev. T. P.
Potter officiating.

The musical program which preceded the ceremony included piano solo,
“Gbepie’s Prelude” played by Miss Florence Tindall, a sister of the
bridegroom; a vocal duet, “Lovely Night,” by Miss Katharine and Lena Gross;
and two solos, “O Promise Me” and “I Love You Truly” sung by Mrs. Ben T.
Clagg, an aunt of the bride.

The bridal party entered to the strains of the Bridal Chorus from
Lohengrin’s, Mendelssohn’s wedding march being used for the recessional.

The groom was attended by his cousin, Tindall Robertson, as best man.
Preceding them, little Jackie Dorr carried the ring on a yellow satin
pillow.

Miss Ellen Luymes wearing a gown of lavender taffeta, a yellow picture hat
and a corsage of pink rosebuds, acted as bridesmaid. Mary Tindall, sister
of the groom, followed the bridesmaid, scattering flowers in the path of the
bride who entered on the arm of her father.

White net over silk was used to fashion the bride’s quaint dress. The bodice
was made with lace and the ankle length skirt was trimmed from hem to
waistlines with graduated tucks. Her full length silk tulle veil, which was
held in place by orange blossoms and the lace handkerchief, which she
carried, were used at the wedding of her aunt, Mrs. Ben Clagg twenty-four
years ago. A band of yellow velvet ribbon around her waist and shower of
butterfly roses and narcissus provided interesting bits of color to her
attractive costume.

The groom and best man wore suits of oxford gray with boutonnières of
calendulas.

Mrs. Alfred Aalberts and Robert Tindall acted as ushers.

Immediately following the ceremony a reception was held for the relatives
and friends in the church dining room which was attractively decorated in
the bride’s colors, lavendar and yellow. In the receiving line with the
bridal party were Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Jones, parents of the bride, and Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Tindall, parents of the groom. After congratulations, a
dainty and delicious two-course luncheon was served by the Misses Agnes
Johnson, Greta DeJong, Genevieve Phipps and June Kern.

The newly weds will spend their honeymoon in Oklahoma in the home of the
bride’s sister, Mrs. A. F. Connelly. After March the first, they will be at
home west of Merrill where the groom has been farming for the past year.

The best wishes of a host of friends attend this worthy couple in the
founding of their new home.

ANOTHER TANGLE BRUNSVILLE CASE
Now Bring Suit On Old Mortgage To Tie Up Erickson Land

Another kink was added to the Gordian knot of the former Erickson bank at
Brunsville when Ellen May Erickson-King, guardian of the estate of Wallace
W. Erickson, filed suit in district court against Hans Erickson, Josephine
E. Boysen, E. Boysen, L. E. Cooper, receiver of the bank, and J. G. Miller,
one of the depositors.

In the petition the plaintiff claims there was a note and mortgage made on
October 2, 1914, but that the mortgage was not filed until October 5, 1924.
Additional notes were given, it is claimed, in payment of the interest, so
that the total amounts to $14,168.94. The tax of $403.96 was paid by the
defendant, as well as $190 attorney’s fees.

This is the same land that was deeded by Hans Erickson to his daughters a
number of years ago, but the deeds were not filed until 1929, about the time
the bank crashed. The receiver thereupon sued to have the deeds set aside,
claiming that as the depositors counted on the Erickson land holdings when
they put their money in the bank, and that Erickson had no right to deed the
land secretly.

The suit just filed will make it more difficult for depositors to gain
access to the Erickson land. Should the court hold that the deeds were
invalid, the receive may still lose the land, the bank’s principal asset,
because the mortgage is dated so much earlier.

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
Tuesday, January 27, 1931

CAPT. SHOUP IS DEAD IN CHINA
Spent Several Years of His Life and Received Cadetship in LeMars

Current dispatches the end of the past week convey information of the death
of Capt. Aubrey Kirk Shoup. The dispatch says:

“Capt. Aubrey Kirk Shoup, commander of the south China patrol, died early
Thursday morning at the Royal Naval Hospital, Hong Kong, China. His
residence was 536 West One Hundred Fifteenth street, New York City.

Capt. Shoup was awarded the navy cross for service rendered in laying the
mine barrage in the North Sea during the World War. He was born in
Smithland, fifty-two years ago.

Aubrey Shoup lived for several years in LeMars where he was known among his
associates as Dick Shoup. He obtained his appointment as a cadet in
Annapolis while living in LeMars.

His father, the late J. S. Shoup, was a well known educator and was
superintendent of schools in Woodbury county before coming to LeMars where
he was deputy county superintendent of schools in Plymouth county and an
instructor at the Normal School, forerunner of Western Union College. The
elder Shoup was principal of the Merrill schools also at one time.

Dick Shoup was a brother of Jos. P. Shoup, who practiced law in Merrill and
is now an attorney in Sioux City.

Aubrey Shoup was born in Smithland in 1880 and lived there until 1900, when
he entered the United States Naval academy at Annapolis. Following his
graduation, he entered the Navy and has been active in service since.

During the World War, Capt. Shoup was with the mine laying fleet. Twelve
years ago he visited here and then returned to foreign duty.

Besides his brother, Capt. Shoup is survived by five sisters: Mrs. Lena
Dicks, of Wichita, Kan.; Mrs. Nona Fitzpatrick, of Omaha; Mrs. B. F.
Anderson, of Hawarden; Mrs. Gordon Newton, of Joliet, Ill.; and Miss Minnie
Shoup, of Montana.

JOINED IN WEDLOCK
Pretty Wedding Is Celebrated In St. Mary’s Church at Remsen

St. Mary’s Catholic church in Remsen was the scene of a pretty wedding
Tuesday morning when Miss Helen Thiel became the bride of Mr. James Tracy.
The wedding mass took place at seven o’clock with Father H. J. Schleier
officiating. The couple were attended by Miss Helen Dunn, of Marcus, a
cousin of the groom, and John G. Thiel, a brother of the bride.

The bride wore a powder blue chiffon dress, a metallic hat, and black satin
slippers. She carried a bouquet of red roses. The bridesmaid was attired in
a blue dress of flat crepe. Her hat was gold metallic and her slippers
brown.

A wedding dinner was served to a few close relatives and intimate friends of
the bride and groom at the home of the bride. The dining room was daintily
decorated in blue and white, the bride’s chosen colors.

The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Mary Thiel, of Remsen, and has lived in
this vicinity all her life. She was educated in the rural schools and St.
Mary’s parochial school.

The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Tracy of Bangough, Saskatchewan,
Canada. During the past seven years he has been engaged in farm work near
Remsen.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Tracy are popular with the young people of Remsen, and
their many friends wish them much happiness and joy in their married life.